78 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



(7) Locomotive Inspection 



Two men were employed throughout the season on the inspection of fire 

 protective appliances on locomotives operating on railways under the jurisdic- 

 tion of the Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners and on logging railways 

 within the Province. 



A total of forty round houses and gravel pits were visited periodically and 

 1,856 locomotive inspections made covering 773 locomotives. In addition, 

 thirty-three inspections were made on- locomotives operated by lumber com- 

 panies, bringing the total number of inspections up to 1,889. The percentage 

 of locomotives found defective and operating on lines under the jurisdiction of 

 the Board of Railway Commissioners was 0.6 per cent., a decrease from 32.1 

 per cent, in 1918. 



